Five Peaks Immortal Mountain
Finally! Chen Mobai, who had just returned from the Sky River Realm, was overjoyed when he saw the message from the World Gate Administration.
This is the department within the Immortal Sect specifically responsible for maintaining and observing the Realm Gate, a priceless treasure. Whenever there are unusual movements at the Realm Gate or it is about to open, it is they who issue the notification.
After reaching the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, Chen Mobai applied to Open Up Golden Core Domain.
I originally thought it would take a long time, since cultivators who Foundation Establishment in the Immortal Sect have plenty of time to kill before Core Formation.
Unexpectedly, after only four years, the Realm Gate opened.
Moreover, the person who activated it was none other than his idol, Venerable Qingping, which was a double blessing for Chen Mobai.
Without delay, he immediately booked a plane ticket to Wangwu Cave Heaven in the capital.
Of course, before leaving, one should naturally go out and make an appearance.
He also made sure to have a meal with his parents and relatives, and casually inquired about the current amount of funds in the company's account.
The result was gratifying.
Although he had kept a low profile and not been involved in much business over the years, and even signed a long-term procurement agreement with a large forestry company in Yumu City to formalize the business, even after deducting the costs, the Puppet Factory's Talisman Paper, sold little by little, still accumulated more than 50 million Merit Points for him.
Indeed, doing business is still the most profitable, and all Merit Points are of clean origin and can withstand scrutiny.
However, what surprised him the most was that the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory finally turned a profit last year. After so many years of training, the workers in the workshop were finally able to produce Second Grade high-quality Jade Talisman Paper.
In response, Chen Mobai rewarded each worker with a large red envelope and then issued a ten-year plan for them to research the Third-grade Talisman Paper and Ink for the Heavenly Heart Sword Talisman.
Everything is developing exactly as he initially planned.
The company owns two factories: one produces output through Puppetry, while the other focuses on quality.
Previously, the flawed Jade Talisman Paper from the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory would be snapped up as soon as it was put on the shelves at Little South Mountain Shop in the Eastern Wasteland, not to mention these high-quality ones.
However, the research and refining of Third Grade Talisman Paper Talisman Ink is quite advanced for workers at the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory who are only at the Qi Refining stage.
It would be best to hire a Foundation Establishment level Talisman Master to oversee the overall situation.
However, Vermilion Cloud City is too small. Foundation Establishment Cultivator who hope to advance further will try to go to the Great Cave Heaven City.
Chen Mobai could only first Splitting Spirit Manifesting Thought and control the Formless Puppet to oversee the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory, and begin to lead the workers step by step in trying to refine Third Grade Talisman Paper and Talisman Ink.
His real identity, however, has already boarded the plane.
As a member of the Immortal Sect, Chen Mobai had never been to Wangwu Cave Heaven, the capital city, in his entire life.
Before leaving, he went to his Puppet Factory and picked the ripe first-tier fruits from the Vermilion Fruit Tree. He distributed most of them to his parents and relatives, and then preserved the three best-looking fruits using Ice Spell.
Besides the Vermilion Fruit, Chen Mobai also returned to Little South Mountain and retrieved two jars of Second Grade Jade Bamboo Spirit Wine.
This is the best liquor brewed by Zhuo Ming.
The ten mu of Jade Bamboo Spirit Rice that the master and apprentice planted back then has finally ripened this year, with a yield of 800 jin per mu.
Zhuo Ming took the less desirable ones and brewed a large jar of them, which she treasured dearly. She was even a little reluctant to part with them when Chen Mobai scooped out two small jars.
Ten years of hard work finally brought forth the Jade Bamboo Spirit Rice, and now my own child is almost the same.
After obtaining the Jade Bamboo Spirit Wine, Chen Mobai went to the peach trees on the mountainside of Little South Mountain and picked a basket of peaches.
Although these peaches are only of the first tier, under Zhuo Ming's Omniscient Connection, they have been cultivated to have a refreshing taste and abundant juice. In terms of pure taste, they are almost no less delicious than Third Grade Immortal Peach Fruit.
Chen Mobai intended to present these fruits and Spirit Wine as a gift to Venerable Qingping when they first met.
Although he might not be able to see him, he still felt it was better to make some preparations.
As soon as Chen Mobai stepped out of the Airport, he saw the people who were there to pick him up.
Sun Daoji and Chi Shicheng! The two were the final Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer cultivators of the Wuqi Dao Academy. They accompanied Chen Mobai to the Offline Exchange meeting of the Goumang Dao Academy. However, because Chen Mobai suppressed all the Foundation Establishment perfect cultivators of the Daoist Academy, they were just there for show.
"Hello, seniors."
Chen Mobai greeted the two with a smile.
The opening of this Realm Gate will have an impact on the entire Immortal Sect, since the last time was seventeen years ago.
During these seventeen years, the Immortal Sect has produced quite a few Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer cultivators.
Of these, seven are from their Wuqi Dao Academy alone.
Besides Bian Jingchun, Zhongli Tianyu, and Zuoqiu Shi, whom Chen Mobai was familiar with, there were two others who had been in seclusion in the Myriad Treasures Cave, as well as those who, like Sun Daoji and Chi Shicheng, held positions within the Immortal Sect.
Although the Immortal Sect emphasize equality, there are still factions. With the opening of the Realm Gate, those from the Wuqi Dao Academy will naturally gather together.
Within the Wangwu Cave Heaven, Sun Daoji and Chi Shicheng were the organizers.
Sun Daoji was the main one actively contacting graduates of the Wuqi Dao Academy.
"You're the last one; everyone else arrived a long time ago."
Sun Daoji at Chen Mobai, for he valued this youngest junior colleague highly.
After all, he possesses the Potential for Spirit Transmutation.
"Zhongli Tianyu has arrived too?"
After hearing this, Chen Mobai asked with some surprise, "Judging from this guy's personality, he doesn't seem like the type to rush like this."
"He happened to be at Meeting Immortal Peak these past few years. After the old Ancestor Zhongli a deity, he used this as his Daoist temple. It seems there is a fragment of Eight Trigrams Mirror here. It was quite a coincidence."
Sun Daoji shook his head, a hint of envy in his voice.
The Daoist temple of the Immortal Sect's Spirit Transmutation Ancestor is the only Sixth Tier Spiritual Vein site, known as "Five Peaks Five Peaks Immortal Mountain." This was the place where the Five Ancestors of the Immortal Sect preached when they first arrived on Earth Origin Star.
Each of them occupied a peak, teaching without discrimination, and propagating the art of cultivating immortality, which was the prototype of the Immortal Sect.
Later, every Spirit Transformation Cultivator in the Immortal Sect would come here to occupy one of the peaks after achieving enlightenment, signifying that they had reached the pinnacle of the Immortal Sect and caught up with the achievements of their ancestor.
The Immortal Sect Twin Saints are two of these five peaks.
In order to conserve resources, apart from the immortal mountains where these two ancestors are located, which are Sixth Tier Spiritual Vein, the spiritual energy at the peaks of the other three immortal mountains has been sealed off by 90%, and is only at the Fourth Grade level.
Even so, Zhongli Tianyu's ability to freely enter and exit one of the Five Peaks Immortal Mountain and enjoy the treatment of Fourth Grade spiritual energy has already made all Foundation Establishment Cultivator extremely envious.
It should be noted that even some Golden Core True Person in the Immortal Sect cannot enjoy Fourth Grade spiritual energy.
On the way, Chen Mobai asked again about the reason for the opening of the Realm Gate this time.
"Wenren Xuewei has successfully Core Formation. She applied to Open Up Golden Core Domain, and with the help of Peach Blossom Venerable, the Immortal Sect immediately made the arrangements."
Sun Daoji is a civil servant of the Immortal Sect, and he is very sensitive to this kind of information.
"I see. If it's her, then it makes sense."
There are only three situations in which Realm Gate can be opened: Spirit Transmutation Ancestor wants to use it, World Opening War, or when assisting Immortal Sect cultivators in Open Up Golden Core Domain.
In the last thousand years, the reason why the Realm Gate Immortal Sect realm have opened has always been the last one.
However, within the next century, it may involve the World Opening War.
Chen Mobai had been wondering who had successfully Core Formation, but after hearing Sun Daoji's explanation, he immediately understood.
However, Wenren Xuewei was really not considerate enough; she didn't even tell him that Core Formation her core.
It should be noted that they were colleagues who had fought together with the Formless Puppet.
"Why was it Venerable Qingping made the move this time?"
Chen Mobai then asked about the point he was most concerned about: opening the Realm Gate requires at least a Nascent Soul cultivator to intervene. Even if a new Golden Core cultivator appears, the Immortal Sect will usually check if those Nascent Soul cultivators are available.
After all, it can only be the Golden Core that accommodates the Nascent Soul's time; it's impossible for the Nascent Soul to deliberately interrupt its cultivation or research just for the sake of the Golden Core.
Wenren Xuewei successfully Core Formation, shouldn't it have been Peach Blossom Venerable or Venerable Sanjue from the Goumang Dao Academy who made the move?
Since they weren't descendants of the same faction, these Nascent Soul cultivators were too lazy to make a move.
When Chen Mobai applied to graduate from the Sky Mending Dao Academy, Venerable Yuanxu even considered using this as a favor to allow him to stay for a few more years.
That's why, after receiving a message from the World Gate Administration saying that Venerable Qingping was in charge, Chen Mobai didn't think of Wenren Xuewei.
I thought it was Tao Mingqing from the Supreme Origin Academy, or some hidden genius.
"Venerable Qingping had cultivated to the Nascent Soul Third Layer and wanted to break through to the fourth level with the help of the Spirit Vein of the Five Peaks Immortal Mountain, so he came to the Immortal Sect to apply for it. Thus, this matter was naturally pushed onto his shoulders."
Sun Daoji quietly shared what he had found out. As one of the Foundation Establishment branches of the Wuqi Dao Academy in the capital, he had access to many high-ranking officials and heard this news.
"As expected of Venerable Qingping!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai couldn't help but show a look of joy. As a member of the Realm School, Venerable Qingping had not disappointed him.
Although he was previously forced to a Spell Duel by Nangong Xuanyu of the Pure Yang Academy, which made Venerable Qingping the subject of much ridicule, he is now using his breakthrough in cultivation to declare that being able to train is better than being able to fight.
After Venerable Qingping Nascent Formation, he continued to advance rapidly, while Nangong Xuanyu, despite holding the title of the number one Golden Core for decades, never dared to take a step beyond his cultivation level.
Perhaps two or three hundred years from now, Venerable Qingping will still be full of energy and constantly breaking through realms, while Nangong Xuanyu will be stuck at the threshold of Nascent Formation and die in despair.
"Senior Sun, may I pay a visit to Venerable Qingping?"
Chen Mobai told Sun Daoji his thoughts, but the latter looked troubled and shook his head regretfully, indicating that he could not do it.
"Venerable Qingping is staying at the Yingxian Hotel. We can't go in without an invitation."
Yingxian Hotel?
Chen Mobai didn't know where he was, so he immediately asked for directions.
"This is a hotel with a very ordinary appearance, but it is located at the end of Sixth Tier Spiritual Vein."
Chi Shicheng, who had been silent until now, finally answered the question. It turned out that it was in a valley where the two patriarchs of Five Peaks Immortal Mountain were in seclusion.
The hotel can provide Fifth Order spiritual energy for Nascent Soul cultivators.
Only the most outstanding members of the Immortal Sect are arranged to stay in this place when they come to Wangwu Cave Heaven.
After hearing this, Chen Mobai could only shake his head regretfully.
At this moment, they arrived at a courtyard house in a small alley in the center of Wangwu Cave Heaven. Chen Mobai saw the sign at the door that read "Wuqi Dao Academy Office" and couldn't help but smile slightly.
"Most of the junior students graduating from the Dao Academy will come here to report first. That guy Zuoqiu Shi also stayed here for two days. He left happily after getting his job in the Enforcement Department done."
Every civil servant in the Immortal Sect needs to come to Wangwu Cave Heaven for an interview before being hired. With the power of the Wuqi Dao Academy, this is basically just a formality.
If they invite you for an interview, it means a vacancy has already been filled.
The fact that someone like Ling Dao Shi could be reassigned to West Xuan Cave Heaven after the interview shows just how powerful the Sky Mending Dao Academy is.
"So late!"
As Chen Mobai stepped into the courtyard, he heard a long-unheard, impatient voice.
With a bowl cut, short stature, and youthful face, it was none other than Zhongli Tianyu! "Hahaha, long time no see."
Zhongli Tianyu was a little confused as Chen Mobai walked over laughing and ruffled his bowl cut hair. For a moment, he forgot to resist.
"Junior Chen, lunch is all about you starting the meal."
The elegant and charming Bian Jingchun leaned against a red pillar and spoke with a smile. Beside her were Zuoqiu Shi, whom Chen Mobai was familiar with, and three other men and women who were somewhat unfamiliar to him.
These are the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer cultivators from the Wuqi Dao Academy who participated in the opening of the Realm Gate.
Including Chen Mobai, there were exactly seven people.
Together with Sun Daoji and Chi Shicheng, the nine of them set up a round table in the courtyard. The food was specially prepared by a chef, and Chen Mobai with gusto.
"By the way, don't you live near Five Peaks Immortal Mountain? Can you bring people in?"
As they were talking, Chen Mobai remembered what Sun Daoji had said and couldn't help but ask Zhongli Tianyu, who was sitting next to him.
Seven years after graduation, Chen Mobai felt an instant connection with Zhongli Tianyu.
"Sure, I can just submit an application to the property management of Five Peaks Immortal Mountain in advance. But you need to specify how long you'll be staying, and if it's an overnight stay, how many days..."
Zhongli Tianyu hated these kinds of troublesome things, but since it was Chen Mobai who asked, he reluctantly agreed to help.
"I'll go with you tonight!"
Chen Mobai thought that Yingxian Hotel was located within the area of Five Peaks Immortal Mountain, and if he followed Zhongli Tianyu, he might have a chance to meet Venerable Qingping.
After finishing the sumptuous lunch hosted by Sun Daoji and Chi Shicheng, while Bian Jingchun, Zuoqiu Shi, and others were talking, Chen Mobai had already pulled Zhongli Tianyu away apologetically.
"These two have such a good relationship; no wonder they're Twin Stars from the same year."
Looking at Chen Mobai and Zhongli Tianyu, who couldn't wait to leave, Zuoqiu Shi couldn't help but sigh.
"They're close?"
Upon hearing this, Bian Jingchun, who knew the inside story, couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Chen Mobai, unaware of their underlying conversation, had already followed Zhongli Tianyu to the Five Peaks Immortal Mountain.
It's as if a giant stretched out his five fingers from the earth, raising five mountain peaks.